{"product_id":"gang-starr-jazz-thing-vinyl-7","title":"Gang Starr: Jazz Thing Vinyl 7\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"faq-quote\"\u003e\"With the original UK 7” of this release now as rare as hen’s teeth, and with the group having recently ‘reformed’ for one last album together, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Mr+Bongo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eMr Bongo\u003c\/a\u003e replica re-release of this 1990 masterpiece by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=Gang%20Starr\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Gang%20Starr%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Guru%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Charles%20Mingus%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Monk%20Higgins%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eGang Starr\u003c\/a\u003e couldn’t be more timely. The now-legendary duo of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=DJ%20Premier\u0026amp;filter=Category_fq:%22Vinyl%20Records%20%2F%20Music%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDJ Premier\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=Guru\u0026amp;filter=Category_fq:%22Vinyl%20Records%20%2F%20Music%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eGuru\u003c\/a\u003e dropped this at the height of hip-hop’s sampling of jazz, which had led to a creative leap forward for the genre. Yet while others plundered in the dark, this instant classic wore its influences on its sleeve and paid verbal homage to the musicians they were sampling. The 'melodious funk' of '\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Thelonious+Monk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eThelonious Monk\u003c\/a\u003e' gets namechecked, while the track samples two of his records, including 1958’s Bop gem ‘Light Blue’. While both versions presented here have common elements, the ‘Movie Mix’ – so-named for the song’s appearance on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s mythic jazz biopic Mo’ Better Blues – goes in a few different directions to the ‘Video Mix’. Rather than just drop in an instrumental for the B-side, Premier instead shows his versatility by switching up the base track (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Kool+%26+The+Gang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eKool \u0026amp; The Gang\u003c\/a\u003e’s 1971 ‘Dujii’) and layering in other samples. In more ways than one, his virtuosity here echoes the improvisation of a jazz musician, akin to Denzel Washington’s Bleak in the movie. Of course, he’s not the only show in town. The late Guru’s voice is as mellifluous as an instrument itself here, his potted history of the genre and the artists of jazz delivered with his own unmistakable cadence. Without this record, would he have gone on to make his \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Jazzmatazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eJazzmatazz\u003c\/a\u003e projects?\" - Mr Bongo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack vinyl 7-inch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efirst time on 7\" pressing since 1990\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes 'video mix' + 'movie mix'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efull color picture sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Mr Bongo 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by the mgmnt 08\/2005\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Gang Starr","offers":[{"title":"7\" Vinyl","offer_id":32401652088922,"sku":"hh-5145","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/gangstarr-jazzthing-7inch-1.jpg?v=1762278553","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/gang-starr-jazz-thing-vinyl-7","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}